Wyoming at NIU – Sept. 21, 2021
Huskie Stadium – DeKalb, Illinois
NIU Postgame Notes
***After netting minus three yards on eight carries in the first half, running back
Harrison Waylee finished the game with a career high 179 yards on 26 carries and added a six-yard reception for his first catch of the season. Waylee's 179 yards were the most by a Huskie back since Jordan Huff ran for 185 yards versus Western Michigan.
***Waylee's 100-yard game was his second of the season and his fourth consecutive 100-yard rushing game, including the final two games of 2020.
***Waylee's 75-yard touchdown run was the longest by a Huskie since Anthony Maddie had a 75-yard run for a touchdown at Ball State on Oct. 1, 2016.
***NIU's 43 points Saturday were the most for the Huskies since a 49-0 win over Akron on October 26, 2019. The Huskies' five rushing touchdowns were the most since NIU scored six rushing TDs on 11-1-16 versus Bowling Green.
***The Huskies six rushing TDs on the season are just one shy of the seven rushing TDs NIU scored all of last year (six games).
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Liam Soraghan,
Fabian McCray and
Tristen Tewes all recorded their first career catches in the game, while running back
Jay Ducker earned his first career carry (2 yards).
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Clint Ratkovich's 52-yard run set up the first of his three touchdowns on the day as he became the first Huskie since Jordan Huff in 2016 (Eastern Michigan) to score three rushing touchdowns in a game.
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Trayvon Rudolph scored his first touchdown of 2021 on a 40-yard reception from
Rocky Lombardi in the third quarter.
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John Richardson hit his first field goal of the season, a 46-yard attempt, in the first quarter to put the Huskies on the board.
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Cole Tucker's 72 receiving yards were a career high for the junior, while his six catches tied his career best mark (Florida State 2019).
***NIU's 477 yards of total offense were its most since Oct. 12, 2019 at Ohio.
